The company was established in 1980 and in the early days had close links with The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. During the 80's we designed, manufactured and installed a wide variety of water-to-water heat pumps with power-output capabilities from 1Kwatt to 70Kwatts. Some of our earliest installations are still in use in 2007, namely, three community swimming pools near Penrith in the North West of England. The various contracts over the years have included; river-sourced and ground-sourced domestic installations, hydro-driven systems, low-energy refrigeration, heat-recovery applications for milk-cooling, solar-heating applications, and even some research on hydrocarbon refrigerants for an ice-making project to be implemented in developing countries.

We moved from Penrith to Lancaster in 1991, then returned to Machynlleth in 2003. We have remained a small business and believe that heat pumps should only be used in situations where high energy-efficiencies can be achieved and where the overall picture relating to energy-use has been considered. We install high quality systems that give a trouble-free and long-lasting installation. In the past, most of our heat pumps were manufactured as one-offs, since every application is different. However, this mode of operation proved to be too time consuming and therefore not viable.

We are currently installing high quality systems in energy-efficient situations for private individuals, along with modifications, troubleshooting and repairs to existing equipment. We are no longer accredited for the LCBP grant scheme. For practical and environmental reasons, we try to keep our installations as local as possible, ideally within a one-hour drive of Machynlleth, mid-Wales.

Llanwrin, Machynlleth, Powys, Wales. SY20 8QH UK

Due to an on-going voice problem, I would prefer people to email me. Apologies for not putting our phone number on this site.

johncantor@heatpumps.co.uk